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this election was not an endorsement of president obama's policies. 49% said they wanted obama care repealed. >> on taxes it's one big deal. the president campaigned to raise taxes, the first since before harry truman to win re-election to do that and senate railses were also decided on that metric as well. republicans have to listen to that at some level. bob? >> he won all these battleground states, but he almost lost the popular vote. i mean so people are going to step back and they're going to say, why should i cooperate with him? we talked about this last night, norah, you have a congress with approval rating down there, you know, down there. yes they all got reelected. >> will the republican members of congress also look and see that, wow, we lost amongst hispanics, we lost among moderates and independents, those should be areas, that republicans can't continue to win unless they change. >> depends where your self-interest lies. if you're a national republican you think we no longer can win with the game plan we have. we have to find a way to deal with the largest growing mino
this election was not an endorsement of president obama's policies. 49% said they wanted obama care repealed. >> on taxes it's one big deal. the president campaigned to raise taxes, the first since before harry truman to win re-election to do that and senate railses were also decided on that metric as well. republicans have to listen to that at some level. bob? >> he won all these battleground states, but he almost lost the popular vote. i mean so people are going to step back and...
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president obama came out on top here by 53% to 43%. and more than half of the voters we talked to said they saw mitt romney's policies as favoring the rich. only about a third said they favored the middle-class. governor romney campaigned as a business leader who could create jobs and fix the economy. but when we asked who'd do a better job of handling the economy, romney ended up with only about a one-point advantage here, 49% to 48%. so the president effectively neutralized the economy issue which had been thought to be so dangerous for him. scott? >> pelley: anthony, thanks very much. as nancy cordes was just telling us, we're about seven weeks from those automatic tax increases and budget cuts that are due to kick in automatically. congress design the so-called fiscal cliff to be so painful that it would force a compromise between the white house and capitol hill. but the voters have returned the same politicians wh politicianst reach a deal last time. here's wyatt andrews. >> just weeks away from now loom it is so-called fiscal cl
president obama came out on top here by 53% to 43%. and more than half of the voters we talked to said they saw mitt romney's policies as favoring the rich. only about a third said they favored the middle-class. governor romney campaigned as a business leader who could create jobs and fix the economy. but when we asked who'd do a better job of handling the economy, romney ended up with only about a one-point advantage here, 49% to 48%. so the president effectively neutralized the economy issue...
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obama and mr. romney now tied in the electoral vote race to 270 with wisconsin now in the president's column. so we were looking at the swing states, those battleground states that could go either way and we were looking at those tabulated votes. the state of florida, we were just showing you, is nearly tied with 282% of the vote counted. let's look at the second-largest of those swing states, the state of ohio. 36% of the vote has been counted. mr. obama out to an early lead. north carolina also very close. 75% of the vote has been counted in north carolina. a hard fought state. the unemployment rate there is still 9.6%, well over the national average. mitt romney with a lead there in north carolina. looking at the state of virginia, 52% of the vote in virginia has been counted. mitt romney out with a lead there. we have breaking news. president obama cbs news projects will carry the state of new hampshire. this is the first of the swing states, the nine battleground states that will decide this e
obama and mr. romney now tied in the electoral vote race to 270 with wisconsin now in the president's column. so we were looking at the swing states, those battleground states that could go either way and we were looking at those tabulated votes. the state of florida, we were just showing you, is nearly tied with 282% of the vote counted. let's look at the second-largest of those swing states, the state of ohio. 36% of the vote has been counted. mr. obama out to an early lead. north carolina...
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barack obama wins 60-38%. among voters who make more than 50,000 it flips, mitt romney wins 53-450%. that with the testimony about 60% of the electorate. 41% make 50,000 or less. you see we have split here along economic lines that may have played in to the whole economic issue. >> pelley: thank you very much. cbs news just projected that barack obama will carry the state of v. virginia. and john dickerson our political director here to tell us how that happened. >> remember when we first started talking about virginia, henrico county that sits right on top of richmond. women, the president won 55-44. that is not as well as he did against senator mccain, but he did well enough there in henrico county and did in the area of the blue areas he needed to do well and prince william county. then governor romney in the counties he needed to do very well in augusta is one. he got 70% of the vote, but that's not great deal more with 2,614 that not great deal more than john mccain got. in the parts of the map where gove
barack obama wins 60-38%. among voters who make more than 50,000 it flips, mitt romney wins 53-450%. that with the testimony about 60% of the electorate. 41% make 50,000 or less. you see we have split here along economic lines that may have played in to the whole economic issue. >> pelley: thank you very much. cbs news just projected that barack obama will carry the state of v. virginia. and john dickerson our political director here to tell us how that happened. >> remember when we...
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president obama was re-elected. we keep -- kept hearing nothing could get done until this election was done. well, it is done. and now it's time to put the politics aside and make policy the priority to ensure we are all playing on team america. the only way to do that is to come together. we have a huge opportunity. the corporate sector is strong. we know that. there are estimates of $3.5 trillion in cash on corporate balance sheets right now that money can get begin to go to work once the differences over tax and spending is in the books and histly. that much money will surely gift economy a boost, especially if leads to a spurt of hiring. now we need to see the leadership make it happen. leadership often means comp prom my giving up something to get something. our leaders have an opportunity to create a clear path, that means decisions on the fiscal cliff, where will tax rates be in 2013? where will government spending be deployed and where will it be cut? in his victory speech earthquake the president said we ha
president obama was re-elected. we keep -- kept hearing nothing could get done until this election was done. well, it is done. and now it's time to put the politics aside and make policy the priority to ensure we are all playing on team america. the only way to do that is to come together. we have a huge opportunity. the corporate sector is strong. we know that. there are estimates of $3.5 trillion in cash on corporate balance sheets right now that money can get begin to go to work once the...
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president obama has a second term. this is kind of a stunner that he has won so easily. >> romney taking 48% of the vote at this point. let's go back to richmond, and senator elect kaine, taking the podium. >> in 2008 -- [ chanting ] thank you guys, what a great crowd. you know, in 2008 virginia made some wonderful history by sending a fiscally responsible former governor to the united states senate and helping to put barack obama in the white house. well the night is still young. but thanks to you, we're already halfway there to doing it again tonight. [ cheers and applause ] actually, we're more than halfway there. nbc just called the presidential race to president obama. [ cheering ] yes, four more years. yeah. thanks for sending that note up. so, please, that was great. [ cheering ] so we, we still, i guess, i guess have a little bit to find out about how the virginia number goes, but nbc just called the nation for president obama. so thank you, virginia! [ cheering ] you guys were great, thank you so much. [ chant
president obama has a second term. this is kind of a stunner that he has won so easily. >> romney taking 48% of the vote at this point. let's go back to richmond, and senator elect kaine, taking the podium. >> in 2008 -- [ chanting ] thank you guys, what a great crowd. you know, in 2008 virginia made some wonderful history by sending a fiscally responsible former governor to the united states senate and helping to put barack obama in the white house. well the night is still young....
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president obama won. rihana put one in the air for the prez. dear obama. ricky martin, remember that 47%? >> dana: what about beyonce? >> kimberly: beyonce had one, too. >> dana: something about mitchs. >> kimberly: i thought it was fantastic. >> bob: me too. >> greg: he wasn't listening. >> bob: i was. i want to say after this all is said and done how right the polls were. hour wrong people who kept dutching on polls were. take a look at four on the money for the most part. abc, nbc and pew and the ppp poll. the only ones off were the ones we kept focusing on in this show. which was gallup and rasmusse rasmussen. but nonetheless, the state polls were accurate. i give great, great deal of credit to pollsters out there. you did a good job and hit it on the money. when people say you were off and got it wrong. >> eric: you forgot one. fox news was on it as well. they went with d-6 and d-7. everybody said really? >> kimberly: fox news. i'd like to correct you. we have covered all of the polls on this show. as we do. >> greg: many polls. >> dana: ask greg. >>
president obama won. rihana put one in the air for the prez. dear obama. ricky martin, remember that 47%? >> dana: what about beyonce? >> kimberly: beyonce had one, too. >> dana: something about mitchs. >> kimberly: i thought it was fantastic. >> bob: me too. >> greg: he wasn't listening. >> bob: i was. i want to say after this all is said and done how right the polls were. hour wrong people who kept dutching on polls were. take a look at four on the...
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the obama index. in this day, a massive selloff, it is higher. investors seem surprised by the and two months ago. >> a romney victory would have had 100 points in the s&p and probably a 15-point decline. >> wow. leon cooperman, is that a good prediction? is the presidency the reason we're dropping? let's bring in joe terranova, josh brown to find out. gentlemen, at least that's what i presume you are, is this really an obama selloff or is this the market rally and what is the reason now? >> what the reason is, what the outcome is going to be, really? it doesn't matter. what should matter is what should have happened today. this company is deficient in commonsense at some point this morning the speaker of the house, the president should have walked into a room and said the fiscal cliff that everyone is worried about, we're going to get it done, walk out of the room if they did that, the s&p is unchanged on the day. >> you have so much hope and cynicism. >> after august 2001, we should have learned the lesson and had commonsense. obviously we don'
the obama index. in this day, a massive selloff, it is higher. investors seem surprised by the and two months ago. >> a romney victory would have had 100 points in the s&p and probably a 15-point decline. >> wow. leon cooperman, is that a good prediction? is the presidency the reason we're dropping? let's bring in joe terranova, josh brown to find out. gentlemen, at least that's what i presume you are, is this really an obama selloff or is this the market rally and what is the...
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. >>> four more years for president obama but the markets sell off. will gridlock in congress finally kill the rally? >> this country is deficient in common sense. at some point this morning, the speaker of the house, the president should walk into a room and say the fiscal cliff that everyone's worried about, we are gonna get it done, walk out of the room, if they did that the s & p is unchanged on the day. >> so will the guys in d.c. play nice? >> because the american people expect us to find common ground, we are willing to accept some additional revenues via tax reform. >> investors aren't convinced. even apple seems to be losing its mojo. >> i'm really struck by this miniipad thing, as if that's any kind of a product innovation. once you start just changing the size of your products, i really think you're not exactly info vagt. wonder if you will start coming out with the tutti-frutti miniipad, it comes out in different colors. >> from ipads, to elections to europe, we are trading it all. this is "fast money." >>> live from the nasdaq markets, ne
. >>> four more years for president obama but the markets sell off. will gridlock in congress finally kill the rally? >> this country is deficient in common sense. at some point this morning, the speaker of the house, the president should walk into a room and say the fiscal cliff that everyone's worried about, we are gonna get it done, walk out of the room, if they did that the s & p is unchanged on the day. >> so will the guys in d.c. play nice? >> because the...
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obama care is here to stay. barbara ryan is founder of barbara ryan advisers and former senior pharmaceutical analyst at deutsche bank. welcome to the program. >> good to be here. >> we've had two near death experiences for obama care. the supreme court decision and then the election and now people will see of course just beyond what it means for youngsters staying on their parents' health care plans. with he get the full rollout in 2014. mandatory health care for everybody. you are a pharmaceutical analyst but more broadly, what does it mean for the industry would you say? >> break it into two parts. services is where implementation of obama care is going to have its most significant effects. the fact that it looks like it's here to stay given the elections last night and obviously the supreme court decision, we see therefore the greatest volatility in the hmos negatively affected over time and hospitals which would be favorably impacted. we see impact on those stocks today. on the product side, i think the imp
obama care is here to stay. barbara ryan is founder of barbara ryan advisers and former senior pharmaceutical analyst at deutsche bank. welcome to the program. >> good to be here. >> we've had two near death experiences for obama care. the supreme court decision and then the election and now people will see of course just beyond what it means for youngsters staying on their parents' health care plans. with he get the full rollout in 2014. mandatory health care for everybody. you are...
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president obama won. other three were bigger. two clinton victory and obama earlier victory. two republican victories since the cold war was bush in 2000 he lost by popular vote and in 2004 when he won by one state. republicans kid themselves when they say gee, the storm came up and we made tactical errors. republicans have to think about the message and why they are not communicating with the voters out there and constituencies they have to reach. >> bret: ab, look at the minority vote. latino vote up since 2008. african-american vote up since 2008. youth vote up from 2008. that coalition, african-americans in ohio, amazing statistic if they were what they were the number wise in 2008, just the number, mitt romney would have won ohio. but instead they surpassed the 2008 turn-out number in ohio. then made up the difference of the loss in ohio. i mean, you look at that coalition, it's amazing organizationally. >> it's two things. republicans anticipated that the 2008 coalition wouldn't hold. it held, but there was an enthusiasm deficit and the obama campaign planned for itch t
president obama won. other three were bigger. two clinton victory and obama earlier victory. two republican victories since the cold war was bush in 2000 he lost by popular vote and in 2004 when he won by one state. republicans kid themselves when they say gee, the storm came up and we made tactical errors. republicans have to think about the message and why they are not communicating with the voters out there and constituencies they have to reach. >> bret: ab, look at the minority vote....
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these commemorative obama inaugural smart trip cards went on sale today in honor of president obama's re-elect. customers can purchase the new cards at metro sales offices at metrocenter and pentagon stations. and metro headquarters in northwest. northwest. . >>> if you're planning to fly to grandma's house to thanksgiving this year, you won't believe alone. an airline trade group said travelers can expect to see busy area airports and full planes during the holiday. nearly 24 million people are expected to fly between november 16th and 27th and that is up from last year, expected to be 97% full, a record for the holiday. >>> and looking live outside, would you agree this is the day you that felt the cold in your fingers. >> yeah. >> time for gloves now. >> it started coming in and i know probably some folks, not necessarily here in the region, gary, are concerned about the storm heading our way. >> where the storm is impacting to the northwest and that is pretty rough. again, i mean, for us, don't want to be misunderstood here, for us, this is a nor'easter light. it stayed far enough
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president obama won the popular vote. he won probably 332 electoral votes and he ran on a very clear message of let the top tax rates expire, we'll deal with the rest of it and take the spending cuts off the table. i think house republicans eventually are going to have to come and meet him some of the way. they lost tea party members in the house and lost tea party members in the senate. there are a lot of ceos that my questions is come out in the next couple of weeks and stand behind the president, saying we can't allow this fiscal cliff to happen. president saying let's let the top rates expire and move forward with that plan. i think he has a whip hand more than the house gop does. >> what's going to be the impact, kenny? we had these ceos down here with us on the floor of the new york stock exchange. it is a powerful group of people. >> it absolutely is but i think we're getting that reaction today. i think ben is right that the market is soelg selling off. it is repricing the risk based on what the new reality looks
president obama won the popular vote. he won probably 332 electoral votes and he ran on a very clear message of let the top tax rates expire, we'll deal with the rest of it and take the spending cuts off the table. i think house republicans eventually are going to have to come and meet him some of the way. they lost tea party members in the house and lost tea party members in the senate. there are a lot of ceos that my questions is come out in the next couple of weeks and stand behind the...
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i know she wanted obama to win a second term. very happy obama won a second term. but for house democrats it would have been better had romney won. in two years, usually mid-term elections are not kind to the president. and barack obama, you look at history second term mid-terms for the party in power. not good. basically the house republican majority is roughly the same. it looks like democrats may cut into it a little bit. but the house republican majority is looking fairly strong going forward especially because of redistricting. the senate a disappointment they did not win the senate back. in 2014, democrats have to defend 20 seats and republicans 13. at the congressional level it is okay for the gop, but obviously a huge loss at the white house. >> i have just a minute. it is true the president won the electoral college by a substantial amount. but when you look at the popular vote, it is almost tied. can the president therefore declare a mandate or is it that impossible because of the popular vote. >> it is impossible. even the president understands he didn't
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the state of connecticut is called for obama. an important state there with a high profile senate race between linda mccann and representative chris murphy and the district of columbia just three electoral votes is called for president obama. >> we're waiting on florida right now florida is still too close to call. this of course is one of the t hotly contested states. florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see there illinois is going to the president. maine also going to the president tonight. nbc news projecting president obama is the winner of maine. onto maryland where we are also seeing president obama take maryland. and that of course ten electoral votes. >> interesting. the state of massachusetts governor romney's home of course as governor at least being called for barack obama. also home to a very high profile senate race between senator scott brown and elizabeth warren of harvard. the woman who set up consumer protection bureau. mississippi is
the state of connecticut is called for obama. an important state there with a high profile senate race between linda mccann and representative chris murphy and the district of columbia just three electoral votes is called for president obama. >> we're waiting on florida right now florida is still too close to call. this of course is one of the t hotly contested states. florida too close to call. the polls are closed in florida. onto illinois where obama has taken illinois. as you can see...
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prince women went 58% for obama. if i were the republican governor, i wouldn't be crowing that they're still out. also, fairfax went 60%. fairfax county went 60% for obama. he mentioned that. he did mention one, which is the largest city in virginia. virginia beach, which is a republican province. but brian moran, the chairman of the democratic party's enthusiasm and optimism is justified. >> let's boil this down for a minute. mitt romney has gotten up to a point where there's not a lot of room to grow based upon what is still left to count. >> i don't know how much is left in virginia beach. i stress that virginia beach is the largest city. so we don't know how much of the vote of virginia beach is out. but in terms of fairfax, and in terms of prince william those are democratic votes. they help the president, and they definitely help senator, if he wants to be, senator kane. >> let's look at some of these numbers. numbers coming in. we're going to start i believe with arlington. fairfax county, correct me. back to
prince women went 58% for obama. if i were the republican governor, i wouldn't be crowing that they're still out. also, fairfax went 60%. fairfax county went 60% for obama. he mentioned that. he did mention one, which is the largest city in virginia. virginia beach, which is a republican province. but brian moran, the chairman of the democratic party's enthusiasm and optimism is justified. >> let's boil this down for a minute. mitt romney has gotten up to a point where there's not a lot...
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peoples connection with obama. it sounds like people like what they are hearing. >> first off, we have made the point many times tonight. there are some very narrow yard lines. we know that there is a democratic president. >> whited mitt romney lose? was it him? was a message? was a gen x? >> all of the above. i mean, i don't think this was a winnable race for republicans. it's not like walter mondale in 1984. some of mitt romney's personal defects as a candidate, he is not somebody who is able to achieve great success and then translate that into a political context. >> he may be a good man and a good leader in some context, contexts, but he is not a good politician. one of the big questions i have that we talked about is why did he not hard to find himself on favorable terms that would capture those earlier than the first denver debate. this is the business of last spring and summer. that is a big question marsumme. that is a big question mark. >> in the newsroom, you have marty over your shoulder and a lot of fo
peoples connection with obama. it sounds like people like what they are hearing. >> first off, we have made the point many times tonight. there are some very narrow yard lines. we know that there is a democratic president. >> whited mitt romney lose? was it him? was a message? was a gen x? >> all of the above. i mean, i don't think this was a winnable race for republicans. it's not like walter mondale in 1984. some of mitt romney's personal defects as a candidate, he is not...
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new hampshire has apparently gone obama. wisconsin has gone obama. that suggests so far it's trending in a democratic night. >> woodruff: michigan and so forth. >> it's... new hampshi, dby wasserman shultz with ray said that annie custer had won in her second try for the congressional district against a moderate republican. congratulations if she has, another democrat in the house. but charlie bass was sort of the quintessential moderate new england republican. the kind of guy that worked across the aisle. talk about a vanishing species just like conservative and moderate democrats. >> ifill: dick lugar who is a person who chard murdoch who was defeated tonight is the person he beat in the primary. the last of a breed of moderate republicans in the senate and joe donley who was given no chance of being able... the democratic congressman, of being able to beat the guy who beat lugar is nominee tonight. >> there's a long trend. the senator from minnesota, democrat, won comfortably tonight. she stays in the senate with al franken. those two seats were h
new hampshire has apparently gone obama. wisconsin has gone obama. that suggests so far it's trending in a democratic night. >> woodruff: michigan and so forth. >> it's... new hampshi, dby wasserman shultz with ray said that annie custer had won in her second try for the congressional district against a moderate republican. congratulations if she has, another democrat in the house. but charlie bass was sort of the quintessential moderate new england republican. the kind of guy that...
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that's the -- that, by the way is the best political obama. that's the guy who ran four years ago who said there's no red, no blue america. by the way, that's the one we saw last night. >> i want to bring in maria. what is that window the president has to reach out, and who is the one who should make the first play here in extending the olive branch? >> i think the president absolutely did that last night. he understands his win is not a mandate to ram down the throats of the american people whatever he wants. he understands that. in fact, i think he's always understood that. it is a mandate for people to come together. so i like what john boehner said. i hope that that is the mantel that republicans take on. because i also think that while last night wasn't a mandate to do whatever the president wanted, it was a mandate for him, i think, to follow the message of his campaign. which was, look. the government does have a positive role to play. and if you look at the coalition that won this presidency again for obama, that latinos, african-ameri
that's the -- that, by the way is the best political obama. that's the guy who ran four years ago who said there's no red, no blue america. by the way, that's the one we saw last night. >> i want to bring in maria. what is that window the president has to reach out, and who is the one who should make the first play here in extending the olive branch? >> i think the president absolutely did that last night. he understands his win is not a mandate to ram down the throats of the...
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obama won it twice in '08 and 12. there has been a surge of puerto ricans, central and south americans in central florida. certainly helped the president. after all of these still outstanding ballots are tabulated, it does appear very unlikely that governor romney could perhaps overcome the current lead by president obama, which is now 46,000,039 votes. it is close -- 46,039. votes. it is still close here in florida. jenna: thanks, phils for some great context. jon: this morning in the aftermath of the election there are all kinds of questions about the future of the gop after president obama's re-election victory. some say the republican party has a of work to do to keep up with the changing demographics with this country. let's talk about it with juan williams. political analyst. and mary katharine ham, hotair.com. also a fox news contributor. juan, pick florida, for instance, which don't know where that state will ultimately end up, take, florida, virginia, colorado, nevada, those are states that used to be reliabl
obama won it twice in '08 and 12. there has been a surge of puerto ricans, central and south americans in central florida. certainly helped the president. after all of these still outstanding ballots are tabulated, it does appear very unlikely that governor romney could perhaps overcome the current lead by president obama, which is now 46,000,039 votes. it is close -- 46,039. votes. it is still close here in florida. jenna: thanks, phils for some great context. jon: this morning in the...
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obama is a very popular man here. in local elections a number of candidates changed their name to obama to get more votes. the government on the other hand is less engaged because of the economy. the united states used to be brazil's main trading partner. now it's china. >>> i'm leone lakhani. people in the middle east don't like to wake up early. but this lot has been here through the night way before sunrise just to wuch those election results coming in. the u.s. ambassador was here a few minutes ago, saying he felt like he was in a vegas casino. he didn't know what time it was. >> i'm vladmir duthiers in lagos, nigeria, everyone breath lesl lessly waiting to see who would be the president of the united states. people here have always supported the president. it was no different last night. during a mock election, barack obama carried the day here in lagos. he won 254 votes to mitt romney's 35 votes. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet.
obama is a very popular man here. in local elections a number of candidates changed their name to obama to get more votes. the government on the other hand is less engaged because of the economy. the united states used to be brazil's main trading partner. now it's china. >>> i'm leone lakhani. people in the middle east don't like to wake up early. but this lot has been here through the night way before sunrise just to wuch those election results coming in. the u.s. ambassador was here...
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obama. because he has 237 electoral votes that he is likely to get, he has more pathways to 270. in fact, his easiest route would be to start with florida then he would need just one of the remaining eight battleground states to get to 270. mitt romney has a tougher path. for mitt romney, if he were to win florida, and he were also to win ohio, north carolina and virginia, the four big prizes of the evening, that would still only get him to 266. then he would have to win one of the remaining five battleground states to get to that number, 270. >> pelley: john, thank you. essentially the states are given electoral votes as a function of their population. the larger the population of the state, the more electoral votes they have. anthony mason is watching our exit polling today. anthony has been looking at all of the information coming in from the various exit polls. we've been talking to voters, anthony as they left the polls in every state all day long. what are you hearing so far? >> well,
obama. because he has 237 electoral votes that he is likely to get, he has more pathways to 270. in fact, his easiest route would be to start with florida then he would need just one of the remaining eight battleground states to get to 270. mitt romney has a tougher path. for mitt romney, if he were to win florida, and he were also to win ohio, north carolina and virginia, the four big prizes of the evening, that would still only get him to 266. then he would have to win one of the remaining...
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hispanics of non-cuban descent are going for obama. obama care. nearly half of the voters in the sunshine state say that they are against it. they think that it should be repealed. some or all. those who are in favor, of course, are supporting president obama. those who want it repealed prefer governor romney. now republicans have not won a presidential election in the state of pennsylvania since 1988. but they worked to make it d mitt tive this year an romney, his camp has really put it out there in the past several weeks and they think that pennsylvania is indeed at play. in play. there is a look at the independents in pennsylvania. 46-49 swaying towards governor romney according to these exit polls. back if 2008 obama won the independents with 58%. romney seems to be ahead in that regard right now as the president slips about 12% with the independents in pennsylvania. better news for the president there in pennsylvania would be that those folks who say the economy looks a little better, 40% say it is getting better. 27% say it's the same. 32% t
hispanics of non-cuban descent are going for obama. obama care. nearly half of the voters in the sunshine state say that they are against it. they think that it should be repealed. some or all. those who are in favor, of course, are supporting president obama. those who want it repealed prefer governor romney. now republicans have not won a presidential election in the state of pennsylvania since 1988. but they worked to make it d mitt tive this year an romney, his camp has really put it out...
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even though they endorsed obama. i did 04 obama. -- i did vote for obama. i think he is an amazing human being. but i would like to see more of as -- is reaching across the aisle. one of the things they said is he neglected to spend more time with the republicans. they pointed out 104 things he played, -- golf games he played. one of them was with a republican member. as much as i appreciate president obama as a human being, as an individual, and politician, i would like to see him and prove on the things that can make this country better because the discourse we have in this country is very unfortunate. there is so much tension between parties rather than identifying what the american issue is, not a party issue is. women get there, we will have a healthier issue. host: thank you for the culprit this scene four years ago. the president at grant park. in much more different night. in mild evening -- a mild evening. karen is on the phone, democrats line, new orleans. your reaction so far? caller: i am a little worried. ivo the barack obama as i did four year
even though they endorsed obama. i did 04 obama. -- i did vote for obama. i think he is an amazing human being. but i would like to see more of as -- is reaching across the aisle. one of the things they said is he neglected to spend more time with the republicans. they pointed out 104 things he played, -- golf games he played. one of them was with a republican member. as much as i appreciate president obama as a human being, as an individual, and politician, i would like to see him and prove on...